However, returning to the main theme of this posting, the JBossAS 7 team have been at it again and just released the first beta of 7. If you haven't tried it out yet then I recommend you do so. JBossAS 7 will be the basis for everything we do in the coming years in the area of Java Enterprise Edition 7 (and subsequently 8), as well as things we'll be doing (are doing) outside of that arena. And if you want to understand more on that last bit then you should come along to JUDCon and JBossWorld!